Music
Uakti's principal composer, Marco Antônio Guimarães, took his classical training and uses in his compositions a style composed of complex rhythmical structures. Normally more than one time signature is used in the same composition, when free metre is not used. The melody and harmony are constructed so as to take advantage of the playing characteristics of the instruments. Uakti's style has been compared to the minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
If, on one hand, their compositional techniques are modern, the sound of the instruments, on the other, lends a fine and unfamiliar aspect, to the group's music. This dichotomy is the secret of Uakti's sound.
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